Mar 27, 2025
2:16:17pm
2:16:17pm
Except my BYU English professor said Book of Mormons was incorrect, too. Not
sure who makes up these rules. In a room full of 50 Attorneys General (all holding the same title for their state), rightly or wrongly, you will get corrected by the legal community for saying Attorney Generals. I would like to know who makes these grammatical rules and if they are accepted by all grammarians. Citation here, Baron?
I think it winds up being more of a usage issue and less of a strict grammatical one and best left to the pedants.
I think it winds up being more of a usage issue and less of a strict grammatical one and best left to the pedants.
Originally posted on Mar 27, 2025 at 2:16:17pm
Message modified by Forzaitalia on Mar 27, 2025 at 2:16:47pm
Message modified by Forzaitalia on Mar 27, 2025 at 2:17:21pm
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Attorney general is a compound word and can be a title so it can work both ways. But a Book of Mormon is not
Mar 27, 1:25pm
Mar 27, 1:41pm
The correct way to make a title plural is add an s to the end. It is not always clean so you say copies etc.
Mar 27, 1:59pm
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True story: I once asked L. Tom Perry this question (at the BYU/FSU game of all places), he said “Books of Mormon.”
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